Aw that's such a sweet comment, I started watching them all back in high-school myself. One of the first series I watched was jesse and TB playing Terraria

Thanks so much!

Thank you so much! Much appreciated 😭

Thanks! It helps that I listen to a lot of #coxandcrendor lol

So in order to run on original hardware it has to fit into a ratio of 160×144 which means all assets have to fit on a screen that large. This means character sprites have to stay within or near 16×16 pixels, adding outlines makes it larger in both dimensions by 2 pixels meaning you've got 14 left

Honestly for me it comes down to pixel ratios and hard black outlines. Some of the most iconic games from the era, Mario land 2, the oracle zelda games and pokemon all share a hard outline on all character and icons. It looks clean but some objects can be hard to draw with such little real-estate.

So sayeth the Space Butterfly! Long may he reign!